2016 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Hailey (Bredeson) Blackwell is back for her fourth season with the Lady Jackets.....serves as one of the team captains.....NCCAA All-American as a junior placing 10th in a career-best 5K time of 18:35.....key member of NCCAA championship team.....ran in six meets finishing in the team’s top three five times.....placed 45th of 224 competitors in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in a career-best 6K of 22:18.....finished 11th at Evansville in 18:41 and was 63rd of 592 runners in the All-Ohio Championship in 23:04 for the 6K.....outstanding year on the track.....NCAA Division II Indoor qualifier in the distance medley relay.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with a victory in the mile run.....named to the G-MAC Outdoor Third Team.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.
2014 - All-G-MAC Second Team runner as a sophomore after placing 8th in a season-best 6K time of 23:18.....finished 13th in the Friendship Invitational with a season-best 5K of 19:32.....NCCAA Outdoor All-American on the track as part of the runner-up 4 x 800 meter relay squad.....member of runner-up 4 x 400 meter relay at the G-MAC Indoor to earn all-conference second team honors.....G-MAC Academic Team.
2013 - Saw action in six meets as a freshman and finished among the team’s top seven each time.....best time in the 6K was 24:15 to place 13th in the G-MAC Championship.....named to the G-MAC Second Team.....finished 49th of 276 in 24:42 at Gettysburg.....CU’s #2 runner in the All-Ohio in 24:44 to place 92nd of 283.....crossed the line 59th of 227 in the NCCAA Championship in 19:56 for the 5K.....competed in the distance events on the track.
High School - Four-year letter winner in cross country at Northwest Christian High School.....team MVP as a senior and twice served as team captain.....member of four-time state championship squad.....earned four letters in track & field.....1,600 meter state champion as a senior and part of two 4 x 400 meter title quartets.....team won 2013 state crown.....achieved three letters in basketball.....graduated with academic honors.
Personal - Dean’s List student as an early childhood education major at Cedarville University.....born 4/3/95 in Coral Springs, FL.....daughter of Chris and Darla Bredeson.....married former Yellow Jacket track & field standout James Blackwell on June 25, 2016.....has one older sister.....younger brother, Luke, is a freshman distance runner at the University.
